Comparison

Zola vs Wedding Planner ‎

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Zola

Simplify wedding planning with a comprehensive suite of free tools. Discover venues and vendors, create a personalized wedding website, manage invitations, curate a registry, track your guest list and budget, design a seating chart, and enjoy a daily countdown to your big day.

Highlights
  • Venue and vendor recommendations
  • Customizable wedding website templates
  • Save the dates and invitations
  • Gift and cash fund registry
  • Guest list and RSVP tracking
  • Wedding budget management
  • Seating chart creation
  • Home screen countdown widget
Features
Currently charting
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Ready to plan your wedding? Do it all with Zola. Zola’s free tools make wedding planning a joy, not a job. • Venues & vendors: Finding your dream team shouldn’t feel like a scavenger hunt. Get personalized vendor recs that fit your style, location, and budget. • Wedding website: Your love wasn’t built in 5 minutes, but your website can be! Our customizable templates make it easy to create a tailor-made, totally you site with no design skills required. • Invites + paper: The simplest way to get from “save the date” to “thanks so much!” Use our templates to create stunningly unique save the dates, wedding invitations, and more, plus get free samples and free addressing, too. • Registry: It’s the wedding registry, reinvented. Choose from thousands of gifts, experiences, and zero-fee cash funds you actually want, with hassle-free returns and exchanges. Or discover Instant Registry and automatically add our most-popular picks in under 60 seconds. • Guest List: RSVP “yes” to our free and easy RSVP tracker. Still need a few addresses? Grab all your guests info in one go with Contact Collector, and make changes with a single click. • Wedding budget tracker: Skip the spreadsheet and track all your expenses in one easy place. Get allocation suggestions based on your overall budget, and never miss a payment with automatic reminders. • Seating chart: Seat all your guests in minutes for all your wedding events. Pull names right from your guest list, drag and drop ‘til it’s perfect, then export a PDF to share! No sticky notes needed. • Wedding countdown: Celebrate every day along the way to THE day with a countdown widget right on your home screen! Who We Are We’re Zola, the wedding planning company helping modern couples celebrate their love authentically and plan their weddings confidently. Our job is to understand who you are as a couple and what you want from your wedding. Once we know that, we give everything we’ve got – expert advice, unparalleled support and useful tools – to help you get there. From getting engaged to getting married, Zola’s there for every day along the way.

About

Wedding Planner ‎

This app helps you organize your wedding preparations with a personalized checklist, budget tracker, and timeline planner. Keep all your important contacts and memories in one place, and even sync with your partner. Enjoy special features like a wedding journal and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Personalized checklist
  • Budget tracking
  • Wedding day timeline
  • Contact organization
  • Sync & backup
  • Wedding journal
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Wedding Planner is the perfect companion to have while preparing for your big day. It's packed with a personalized checklist of all the essential to-dos for you and your partner's "I dos." You'll feel so much more at ease to know what has been done and what still needs to be done - there's no better app to use for all your wedding needs, so start planning with Wedding Planner today! And it's so much more than just a checklist. Here are some of Wedding Planner's amazingly helpful features: • Sync & Backup: Invite your partner to participate or simply back up your data for peace of mind. • Categories: If you ever feel lost, you can find any checklist item by category from Accessories to Stationery. • Photos: Keep your favorite photos of you and your loved one right on the home screen to remind yourself of what this is all about every time you open the app. • Music: Add your special song and listen while you get things done. • Budget: Set a budget and get an estimate of how much to spend on each expense. • Journal: Keep a wedding journal for all the days leading up to the wedding - these are memories worth saving. • Day-of: Plan the timeline of events on your wedding day and easily share it with vendors, friends, and family. • Contacts: Put all your important wedding contacts in one place and organize them by category. • Apple Watch: Check off your to-dos and view your wedding countdown and photo on Apple Watch! • And more! In addition to the free features listed above, we also offer Wedding Planner Premium as a subscription. Wedding Planner Premium subscribers will have access to an ad-free experience and unlimited storage. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription in Account Settings after purchase. Terms: https://www.sunflowr.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sunflowr.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Zola4 screens
Wedding Planner ‎4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wedding Planner ‎ at 82% against Zola's 45%. Wedding Planner ‎ also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Zola's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Zola sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Wedding Planner ‎ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zola holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zola has 98K ratings behind it against 3.7K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Zola's written reviews are positive against 82% of Wedding Planner ‎'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zola ships an update every 3 days, Wedding Planner ‎ every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Zola versus Wedding Planner ‎: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZolaWedding Planner ‎
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (98K ratings) — better4.5 (3.7K ratings)
Positive reviews45.3% of reviews82.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings98K — better3.7K
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#135 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB88 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperZola, Inc.Sevenlogics, Inc.

Customer experience

Zola

All ratings97,525 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews256 reviews
Positive45.3%
Neutral9.8%
Negative44.9%

Wedding Planner ‎

All ratings3,658 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral6.9%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews147 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative11.6%

Bugs and requests

Zola

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App login issues and data loss
  • Inaccurate registry information
  • Compatibility problems with older devices
  • Delayed or missing gift deliveries

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved guest list management
  • Enhanced mobile app functionality
  • Better integration with external registries
  • Customizable website design options
  • Streamlined gift tracking and thank-you process

Wedding Planner ‎

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Zola

One-time12
  • Website Animations$1.99
  • Website Animations$3.99
  • Website Animations$5.99
Show 9 more
  • Website Animations$9.99
  • Seating Chart$9.99
  • Disposable Camera - 50 Guests$12.99
  • Seating Chart2 variants$14.99
  • Seating Chart$19.99
  • Disposable Camera - 150 to Unltd$40.00
  • Premium SMS2 variants$59.99
  • Premium SMS$69.99
  • Premium SMS$79.99
1 purchases

Wedding Planner ‎

Subscriptions1
  • Wedding Planner Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Zola free?
Zola is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wedding Planner ‎ free?
Wedding Planner ‎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zola or Wedding Planner ‎?
Zola is rated higher. Zola averages 4.9 out of 5 from 98K ratings, while Wedding Planner ‎ averages 4.5 from 3.7K ratings.
Do Zola or Wedding Planner ‎ have ads?
Wedding Planner ‎ shows ads; Zola does not.
Which is updated more often, Zola or Wedding Planner ‎?
Zola ships an update every 3 days, and Wedding Planner ‎ every 4 months. Most recently, Zola was updated on September 26, 2026 and Wedding Planner ‎ on September 26, 2026.

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